shilling shocker
名词 n.
英文释义
名词 n.
- A cheap paperback book produced for the mass market in 19th-century Britain, often consolidating twelve to fifteen episodes of a serial novel whose chapters had previously been published separately as penny dreadful pamphlets, and typically focused on crime and violence.
词形变化
词源
From the price of one shilling, and the shocking content.
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